Rising Rooted

RISING ROOTED

A NEXT Church CohortA Community for People of Color in Extraordinary Times

ABOUT THE COHORT

This coached cohort is designed to foster individual and communal health for people of color who move and work in white-dominant spaces and/or spaces of color where dismantling the practices of white supremacy culture are still developing. Ideal for individuals seeking effective tools for resilience and intentional community-building, this cohort aims to foster sustainable change and transformation in our communities while still genuinely caring for our own wellbeing.

Through individual coaching, participants will identify individual and contextual goals for their own settings, and begin experimenting with next steps. In the group coached cohort, participants will engage with the spiritual grounding necessary to navigate power dynamics and our participation in systems and structures of harm in order to seed transformative outcomes. We will collaborate around to make moves toward genuine community, healthy self-and-other accountability, and embodied care and awareness.

COHORT DETAILS

  • Participants will learn alongside a cohort of peers, receive both group and individual coaching from a trained and certified coach.
  • Each cohort session will include 90+ minutes of group coaching.
  • The cohort will meet on Wednesdays from 2:00-3:30pm ET (11:00am-12:30pm PT) on the following days:
    • February 12
    • February 26
    • March 12
    • March 26
  • Participants will receive three 1:1 50-minute coaching sessions. Individual coaching will be scheduled by each participant. The sessions will be scheduled as follows:
    • 1st Session – January 1-February 10
    • 2nd Session – February 13-25
    • 3rd Session – March 13-25
  • Spaces are limited to keep the cohort experience small.

COHORT SCHEDULE

  • January 1 – February 10

    Individual Coaching

  • February 12

    Group Cohort

  • February 13-25

    Individual Coaching

  • February 26

    Group Cohort

  • March 12

    Group Cohort

  • March 13-25

    Individual Coaching

  • March 26

    Group Cohort
REGISTER NOW
REGISTER NOW

Registration opens on Wednesday, June 6.

Registration closes on Friday, September 1, or when the cohort fills. 

This cohort is filled and no longer available for registration.

If you would like to be placed on a waitlist or notified when the next cohort opens, let us know.

TIME

Wednesdays

2:00-3:30pm ET

(11:00am-12:30pm PT)

DATES

February 12, February 26, March 12, March 26

COACHING

Every participant will engage in group coaching and three individual coaching sessions.

COST

$399 full cost

$299 reduced cost

MOVING TOWARDS IMPACT 

NEXT Church values opportunities that lead to impact as a way to interrupt a consumer culture. In a consumer culture, participants sit back and consume what an expert is saying without ownership for learning and growth. But if we want to transform our communities, our churches, and ourselves, we must play an active role to create impact.

NEXT Church also believes the hard work of learning that leads to justice is best done in accountable community. As people of faith, we believe community is essential for faithful discernment, support, and mutual accountability. Cohort participants and leaders are invited to challenge and hold one another accountable.

Because of these values, we partner cohort learning with individual coaching. By registering for a cohort, you accept the invitation into this community as an active learner with a commitment towards actionable next steps.

REGISTRATION

We are grateful to the Emerging Ideas Committee of the Synod of the Mid Atlantic and the Synod of Lincoln Trails for underwriting the $700 cost per individual. As a result, we are offering the following tiered pricing options:

FULL COST – $399

The full cost of the individual and group coaching following the generous gifts of our sponsors. Any individual with access to professional, church, presbytery, or personal funds should select this tier.

REDUCED COST – $299

Because NEXT Church is an incredibly lean organization, we request you check with potential sponsoring bodies before selecting this option. Individuals without access to professional, church, presbytery, or personal funds should select this tier.

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LEADERSHIP

Anna Kendig Flores

cohort coach

Anna Kendig Flores (she/her) truly believes that it’s the wisdom that already lives inside of us that unlocks our flourishing, creativity & connection, both individually and as collectives. Currently, Anna does antiracism & equity-focused institutional changework with over 50 congregations in the Twin Cities area. She also coaches with the SheRoars program in Chicago and independently (ICF trained). Previously, Anna served for almost a decade in hospital & acute mental healthcare as a board certified chaplain. In all her work Anna seeks to undo the roots of white supremacy culture, including by cultivating space for life-enhancing connections, conversation, and spiritual practice among people of color. When she’s at play, Anna can be found nurturing her indoor/outdoor garden filled with the Mexican, Syrian & Lebanese foods of her family roots, practicing healthy urbanism on her bike, and reading solarpunk & afrofuturist fiction.

Larissa Kwong Abazia

cohort coach

Larissa Kwong Abazia (she/her) is the Executive Director of NEXT Church and the founder of Courageous Spaces, inviting others to co-create spaces for disruption, transformation, and change. Her work in the Church seeks to create spaces of equity by seeking flourishing and wholeness. She has served at all levels of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): Vice Moderator of the 221st General Assembly, the General Assembly Committee on Representation, and in congregations located in Chicago (IL), Queens (NY), Greenwich (CT), and throughout New Jersey. She is an ACC credentialed coach through the International Coaching Federation and a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (ISI), an assessment measuring cross-cultural, intercultural competency. When she’s not doing “church-y things,” Larissa enjoys time with her family, making/eating delicious foods, and exploring new spaces and places.

For questions about the coaching cohort, contact Larissa Kwong Abazia.